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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a lieutenant in a small village do in Chapter 1 right before the British are getting ready to withdraw?
(a) Steals food in his field pack.
(b) Takes rifle ammunition out of a crate.
(c) Burns some crates.
(d) Gets drunk.

2. Where does Sharpe put a dozen riflemen when he spots French cavalry?
(a) Formed into a square in the middle of the road.
(b) In a group of trees.
(c) Across the road in a line.
(d) Behind the Parkers' carriage.

3. What does Sharpe do when they are running for the farmhouse?
(a) Stays behind to provide cover fire.
(b) Leaps on one of the carriage horses and charge the French.
(c) Climbs a tree and fire on the French.
(d) Hides in the carriage.

4. What will Vivar's troops do in the morning?
(a) Continue on to Satiago de Compostela.
(b) Go to Madrid.
(c) Go to Lisbon.
(d) Stay at the village.

5. What does Sharpe order Hagman to do when the French begin firing again?
(a) To blow up the carriage.
(b) To re-negotiate with the French.
(c) To start shooting the French horses.
(d) To escape and find Vivar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about how he deals with military regulations?

2. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?

3. Why does Sharpe talk to the French?

4. By what title does Major Warren Dunnet address the lieutenant in Chapter 1?

5. In what direction is Davila supposed to go when he leaves Vivar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who, of the French forces chasing Vivar, does Vivar watch the most and why?

2. What happens when the French assault the farmhouse the first time and what does Sharpe tell Harper? What is Harper's response?

3. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about Vivar's troops?

4. What does Dunnet order the riflemen to do when the French are charging them and what is Sharpe's response?

5. What does Sharpe ask about the strong box and what is Vivar's response? How does Sharpe respond to this?

6. What does Sharpe have his riflemen do when the French ambush them?

7. What happens as Sharpe is about to order his riflemen to flee the house and who joins him in the woods?

8. What does Sharpe ask from the Parkers when they stop in a small town for the night and what does Sharpe end up doing for his men?

9. What does Major Dunnet tell Sharpe to do, how does he address him and how does he feel about Sharpe? What does Murray suspect about Dunnet's feelings towards Sharpe?

10. Why do Sharpe's men begin to call out enthusiastically when the Parkers come in front of the assembly and what does Mrs. Parker explain to Sharpe?

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